“Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things” – Matthew 6:25-26, 31-32
LIGHT FOR NOW: Worries, fear and doubt will die unborn until they are spoken.
Now on this study, we will begin to look into words; its potency and efficacy. Your words express worry or faith. You cannot stop a bird from flying over your head, but you sure can stop it from building a nest in your hair. In the same way, you cannot stop life’s pressures and worries from coming at you, but you can definitely stop it from having an influence over your life and affecting you. How then do we stop worries and anxieties? Matthew 6:31 “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?”
Notice “…Take no thought saying…” This is very instructive. Our words give room to worry, fear, and anxiety. Say not “How do I get this job done? How do I sustain my family? How will I not backslide but serve God? How do I become a doctor or an engineer? How do I get this, do this, or do that…?” Mark 11:23 “For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith”. Jesus says “You have what you say”. Hence, if you worry, you have your worries but doubt, fear, and worry will die unborn until they are spoken in words. Words therefore are the litmus test that brings to the fore whether;
• A man is in fear or faith
• A man is in worry, doubt, anxiety or faith.
Faith or worries are thus expressed in words. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Don’t give voice to worries, give voice to God’s word.
CONFESSION: I have the spirit of faith, therefore I believe and receive; I speak and I have what I say, in Jesus name, Amen.
QUOTE: Your words express worry or faith.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: MARK CHAPTER 11; EVENING: MATTHEW CHAPTER 6
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 